IWRG (SUN) 02/10/2013Arena Naucalpan [IWRG]
1) Galaxy & Serpiente de Oro b Dragón Celestial & EpidemiaStraight falls.
2) Hijo del Pantera & Seiya b Fulgore & Yack
3) Chico Che, Golden Magic, Suicida b Alan Extreme, Alemán, Carta Brava Jr.First Aleman match since August.
4) Canis Lupus, el Ángel, Eterno b Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Trauma II [Relevos Increíbles]Focus was on the Trauma II/Angel feud, but Trauma II also didn’t get along at all with the Oficials. First fall with the tecnicos won. Oficials took a break in the second fall, leaving Trauma II to be thrashed by the opposing trio. After Angel hit Trauma II with a tope, the Oficials came back towards the ring, but Canis & Eterno took them out with dives. Angel and 911 made it back in, but Trauma II cut Angel off from a top rope move. 911 hit Trauma II with a chair, Angel took out 911 with a top rope move and got the pin in straight falls. 911 repeated his challenge for a three way mask match with Angel & Trauma II.
5) Decnnis, Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Scorpio Jr. b Pantera, Trauma I, VenenoGuapito was with Decnnis and Scorpio, who returned here for the first time since October (and it’s Decnnis’ first visit as an indy guy.) Rudos took 1/3, Wagner sneaking in a foul on Veneno.

Dunno when it happens, but IWRG is going to do that Angel vs Trauma II vs 911 mask match at some point.

There’s so much good stuff in this week’s SuperLuchas, but the one that pops out to me is the ‘review’ of the 02/02 XMW , written by Alejandro Islas. The results are covered, but it’s really about taking a hammer to XMW for both supporting a dangerous hardcore style “considered antiquated and obsolete by the rest of the world” and not supporting Astro de Plata after his injury – why is it up to luchadors sell their merchandise to raise money, and Black Mamba to run (an unsanctioned) show to benefit Plata? The article does not come out against the main event where Plata was actually hurt – in fact, he calls it the best match of the night but also brutal.

There’s also a recap of the Friday night Carlito show on his weekend tour. Pretty much every main eventer (Dr. Wagner, Canek, Lizmark Jr., Charlie Haas) did not make the show, with a replacement main event of Carlito defeating Chris Masters. Ricky Marvin and Eita were a couple of replacements, and had a singles match which was said to be the best on the show. Show looks to have drawn poorly.

One other thing that stuck out to me is their interview with luchadora Keira. She mentions she’s 17, which just stuns me because she’s been on shows since 2010. I know of plenty of men who’ve started at early ages, but not many women who debuted at 14 or 15.

Cerebro Negro defending his title against a FILL trained guy every few weeks makes for an exciting promotion. I’m not being sarcastic.

This is Eita’s first appearance since taking a martinete in the final of the El Protector tournament last month. That’s also the show that aired on TVC Deportes last night as part of IWRG’s 2013 return to that network (though I don’t think those two facts are related.) Angel del Amor is a Arena Lopez Mateos guy who’d be debuting here.

Arena Lopez Mateos is roughly 1/4th the size of Gimnasio Juan De La Barrera, the previous home of TxT. Still, there were some card where they seemed to be filling 1/4th of that building, so maybe this is a good idea. The 2012 version of the main event was excellent.

Vaquerita is listed. She was pulled off a recent show for another group in this same building because she’s affiliated with CMLL (though she’s only made that one appearance in Puebla more than 3 months ago) and it was an AAA main event. Unless something’s changed, she won’t be making this one either.